NEWLY released photos show Karen Read and her lawyer pampered outside a restaurant in the middle of her trial for her boyfriend’s murder.
Read and her lawyer, Alan Jackson, were all smiles as they were photographed together outside a Boston steakhouse while a 12-person jury deliberated on the assistant professor’s fate.
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The snap taken by New York Post Office shows Read, 45, and Jackson, 59, hugging tightly outside Smith & Wollensky on June 27, four days before a judge declared a mistrial in their murder case.
The image, captured in an iPhone Live Photo, shows Jackson affectionately wrapping his arms around Read’s chest and waist.
Read is seen smiling as she poses for a photo with Jackson, who was photographed during the two-month trial wearing a wedding ring.
The photographer who took the photo described the moment as inappropriate.
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“I was having dinner with my wife and I happened to look outside and saw them outside,” the person, who wished to remain anonymous, told the New York Post.
“It felt wrong and inappropriate, so I grabbed the nearest phone and took a photo.
“It was just her lawyer, I don’t know what you would call it.
“It seemed inappropriate for an attorney-client type situation.”
Jackson, a prominent Los AngelesA Los Angeles-based lawyer, he has been married to Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Lisa Kassabian since 2011, according to the outlet.
‘THREE-POINT MURDER’
Read, a native of Manfield, Massachusetts, was on trial for the murder of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe.
Prosecutors accused Read of fatally striking O’Keefe, 46, with his SUV in a fit of rage on the night of January 29, 2022.
The prosecution alleged that after a night of drinking, Read dropped O’Keefe off at a party in suburban Canton and ran him over with her vehicle as she made a three-point turn to leave.
O’Keefe’s lifeless body was found in a snowbank hours later.
Karen’s defense vigorously denied the prosecution’s allegations and argued that the adjunct university professor was the victim of a cover-up by O’Keefe’s fellow officers, who were protecting the real killer.
Defense attorneys argued that O’Keefe was beaten to death inside the home where Read left him and that the owner’s relationship with local and state police hindered the investigation.
Read pleaded not guilty to second degree murder.
The high-profile trial sparked a massive online conspiracy, where Read’s supporters also believed she was the victim of a frame-up.
Since the trial began in mid-April, hundreds of pro-Karen Read protesters have flooded the sidewalks in front of the Norfolk Superior Court, south of Boston.
‘FRAME WORK’
Most of Read’s faithful dressed in pink and wore “Free Karen Read” T-shirts.
Others arrived with pink American flags and signs that said “Free Karen Read” or “Honk for Justice.”
After a nine-week trial and five days of deliberations, a mistrial was declared after a jury twice told the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
Read’s defense team remained defiant and declared they would not stop fighting if prosecutors tried to retry the case.
“They failed. They failed miserably and they will continue to fail,” Jackson told reporters outside the courtroom on Monday.
“No matter how long it takes, no matter how long they keep trying, we won’t stop fighting. We won’t give up.”
Norfolk District Attorney Michae Morrissey said his office plans to retry the case.
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
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